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Cranfill Sumner LLP

Unveiling Privilege Challenges in Joint Corporate Defense Agreements

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Four co-defendants meet with their joint defense counsel to discuss a pending lawsuit. The meeting ends and all participants are confident that the discussions will remain private. There is just one problem. One of the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

M&A Update: New York Court of Appeals Rejects Extension of Common Interest Privilege to Merger Talks

On June 9, 2016, a divided New York Court of Appeals in a much-anticipated ruling held that the attorney-client privilege can only be maintained for communications involving third parties in situations where litigation is...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

In Divorce Law, as in Life, Privileges Count

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Hi there, Privileges in litigation are important tools they generally mean information can be withheld from the other side and the court because the privilege exists....more

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